Driver charged with having unregistered gun in car in Madison

MADISON — A man who was allegedly looking for a friend’s car to leave a rose in on Valentine’s Day ended up being charged with having an unregistered gun in his car.

The incident began at 12:29 a.m. on Feb. 14, when Sgt. James Cavezza and Patrolman Bart Glab were on routine patrol and noticed a gray BMW with tinted windows being driven in the area of Green Village Road.

Officers stopped the car on Lathrop Avenue and the driver was identified as Adalberto Gonzalez-Nunez, a resident of Alina Street, Elizabeth. When the officers went to get the driver’s credentials and explain the reason they had pulled him over, they noticed he would not make eye contact with them and appeared to be overly nervous.

Cavezza and Glab talked to Gonzalez-Nunez and learned he was looking for his friend’s vehicle on a nearby street so he could leave a surprise Valentine’s Day rose on it. During their conversation, “Gonzalez-Nunez revealed that he had a Colt .45-caliber handgun in the glove compartment of his car,” according to the police report.

The officers retrieved and secured the handgun, then arrested Gonzalez-Nunez and charged him with unlawful possession of a weapon. He was also charged with improper safety glass and failure to display a front license plate.